Contract Disputes & Business Litigation
Most civil disputes start as a contract that was clear when signed and unclear when something went wrong. Lateshia handles breach-of-contract, business-to-business disputes, and commercial enforcement actions across South Florida. With six years of insurance defense experience behind her, she also understands how the other side prepares their defense — and how to anticipate it.
- Breach of contract — pursuit and defense
- Business-to-business and partnership disputes
- Commercial lease and vendor agreement enforcement
- Pre-suit demand letters and settlement negotiation
Premises Liability & Personal Injury
When you're injured on someone else's property — a slip and fall in a store, an injury in an apartment complex, an incident at a hotel — Florida law allows you to seek compensation if the property owner's negligence caused the injury. The challenge is documenting that negligence before the carrier's adjusters reframe the facts.
- Slip and fall and trip and fall
- Injuries on commercial and residential properties
- Negligent security claims
- Wrongful death from premises hazards
Insurance Disputes & Bad Faith
Lateshia spent six years inside the rooms where claims get denied. That experience translates directly into recognizing — and unwinding — bad-faith denials, lowball settlements, and the procedural games carriers play to delay payment.
- First-party property damage claims
- Bad-faith denial litigation
- Underinsured and uninsured motorist disputes
- PIP and medical-payment coverage disputes
Landlord, HOA, & Consumer Protection
Whether you're a tenant facing an unlawful eviction, a homeowner facing a heavy-handed HOA, or a consumer who's been the target of fraud or deceptive trade practices, Florida's Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) and FDUTPA provide real remedies — including attorney's-fee shifting in many cases.
- Tenant rights and unlawful eviction defense
- HOA enforcement defense and challenges
- FDUTPA and FCCPA consumer claims
- Civil fraud and misrepresentation
How a civil litigation matter typically moves at LH Frye Law
1. Case evaluation
Bring whatever you have — contract, demand letter, denial letter, communications. Lateshia reviews the file and tells you whether you have a viable claim or defense, and what it would realistically cost to pursue it.
2. Pre-suit posture
Before any complaint is filed, Lateshia almost always sends a structured demand or counter-position. A surprising number of civil disputes resolve in this phase — often for less than the cost of litigating.
3. Litigation if necessary
If pre-suit doesn't resolve it, Lateshia files, conducts discovery, takes and defends depositions, and represents you through trial or settlement.
What outcomes look like
Pre-suit resolution timelines run 30–90 days. Filed civil litigation in Broward and Miami-Dade typically runs 9–24 months depending on complexity, discovery scope, and trial calendar.
"You'll know more about your case leaving our consultation than you did walking in. That's the only promise I make."
If you'd like to walk through your specific facts with Lateshia, the next step is a consultation. Schedule one here →